Learner: “What belongs together in these stories? What stays different?” Read B for enjoyment; clarify unnamed first-person narrator without supplying gender. Model A's blank square and B's retained cloth as different responses to change. Guide one comparison tied to both sources. Exit: one similarity plus one difference with details, not “they are both stories” alone.
- 22A — Two-place comparison: Choose a theme such as making room, holding memories or accepting surprise; compare A and B in two sentences/cards. Teacher asks for one detail from each, notices whether idea is developed rather than simply named; next model an ordinary topic-versus-theme pair if needed. Alternative supported themes are welcome.
- 22B — Knowledge swap: Retell B2 through Nell in an explicitly new adaptation of two or three sentences. Teacher asks what Nell can see and what original B does not reveal. Notice own viewpoint choice and honest distinction between supplied story and invention; next remove an unearned narrator claim or label it as newly invented fiction. No demand to sound like another human author.
- 22C — Ending contrast: Keep A6 and B5 side by side; select one verb or final detail from each and explain a possible effect. Teacher asks “How do the endings leave different things open?” Notice A's unimagined place versus B's unknown recognition; next revisit exact ending words if learner invents guaranteed feelings or audience reaction.